Elara Vance’s life is a carefully curated lie. By day, she’s a brilliant antiquities conservator, restoring fragile silks for a glittering elite. By night, she’s a ghost in the system, hiding from a past that would see her dead. Her only rule is to stay invisible. But when a mysterious, lethally attractive client named Kaelan Thorne commissions her for a private restoration, her carefully built walls begin to crumble. His gaze feels like a physical touch, his presence a dark promise that stirs something primal and forgotten within her. Kaelan is more than a wealthy collector; he is the Alpha of the Shadowfen Pack, a werewolf dynasty that operates from the shadows of high society. The delicate silk scroll Elara is repairing isn’t just an artifact—it’s a long-lost treaty that could shifter the balance of power in the supernatural world and ignite a war. He needs her unique skill to unlock its secrets. He didn’t plan on needing her. Their attraction is a forbidden current, a dangerous game of cat and mouse where every whispered conversation is a negotiation and every heated glance a battle for control. In Kaelan’s world, trust is a weakness and love is a liability. As rival packs close in and deadly betrayals surface, Elara is thrust into a deadly game where the stakes are her life, her heart, and the fate of two worlds. But when the final secret of the silk is revealed, Elara discovers the terrifying truth: the artifact isn’t just the key to a war. It’s the key to what she is. And Kaelan, the wolf who swore to protect her, must make an impossible choice—claim her as his fated mate, or sacrifice her to save his pack…